# CVE-2024-3172: Code injection in Chrome

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code in Google Chrome by tricking users into specific UI gestures on crafted HTML pages.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-3172, GHSA-5pv6-mmq6-6w3p

## What is CVE-2024-3172?

CVE-2024-3172 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 16 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Insufficient data validation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 121.0.6167.85 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3172?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Google Chrome.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3172?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-3172 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3172 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

- [CVE-2022-4135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4135/): Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-16017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16017/): Google Chrome Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-16010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16010/): Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-87491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87491/): Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-85046](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85046/): Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3172 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 16 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3172 exists.

Affected product: Google Chrome. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3172

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3172/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.